Washington's 'crime has exploded' have the Democrats ruined the US capital?

When thinking of Washington DC, grand monuments and museums might come to mind, however, in recent years, America's capital has become more renowned for its growing homeless population and rising crime.
“Crime here has exploded, people do not feel safe,” Isaac Smith, an Emergency Medical Technician in DC, told The Telegraph for a documentary film about the capital.
“I have a bullet hole through my living room,” Mr Smith continued.
“I hear gunshots frequently and I live right next to an elementary school. There’s a bullet hole in one of the [school’s] windows.”
Violent crime in DC has risen by 10% since 2022, which includes a 15% increase in homicides.
Mr Smith blames the Democrats, who have dominated the city’s local politics for decades, for the rise in violence.
“At the end of the day, they don't believe that people have agency. They don't believe that people have free will. So people do not act, they are acted upon.”
Muriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor of the city, will be hosting a Public Safety Summit on Wednesday to engage with locals on how to tackle the increase in crime.
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[@TheRockerxx69]

Philadelphia. Seattle. Portland. Las Vegas, Los Angeles...the list is long....

[@terrierkeeper]

Each and every single one run by democrat liberals.

[@thehappyman2145]

Even Burlington, Vermont! Progressives have ruined that place.

[@SouthCarolina1811]

Don’t forget Memphis, New Orleans, Louisville, Houston, West Virginia, and Birmingham.The list goes on……

[@alwayslearning8792]

Sad state of affairs to be honest.

[@taras4352]

@@SouthCarolina1811 Random

[@DavidGetling]

All over the world it always seems to be the case that more left-wing parties are much softer on crime. The biggest irony in this is that crime hurts the poorest most.

[@grassfireu]

I've also noticed that those on the left are the most disingenuous people I've encountered in my lifetime.

[@marohan]

🏆 best comment

[@jackh3242]

I would probably call myself a tough on crime leftist, and I'm so disappointed with the rest of the left. If we want broad working class support, we cannot tolerate crime.

[@grimaffiliations3671]

conservatives must be pretty soft on crime too considering red cities have higher murder rates

[@scottcharney1091]

The Democrats are a neoliberal capitalist party; there's nothing "left-wing" about them.

[@vickiroman189]

"Over the past few years," exactly. We know what happened.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Conald Trump came to town!

[@B4R0N.]

​@@stefanschleps8758 Except the president doesn't run the town...😂

[@teo2975]

@stefanschleps8758, violet crime FELL in 2,500 of the 3,000 US counties during Trump.

[@adrianpetrea8052]

As we speak, thousands of people apply for visa for years to enter the USA to work and make money to have a better life on the other hand we have thousands of americans who choose not to work, become homeless and the rest is history............ . It's not about Policy is about people. For Americans there are no jobs and for others it is the only chance to succeed? let's be real

[@danielbwest]

Truth hurts

[@Happycamper10]

Guess they going to fall for the dream also.

[@US-Warrior]

Turth

[@SkyGlitchGalaxy]

"We aren't taking care of these people" The city allocated $200,000,000 in 2022 alone to tackle the 5100 estimated homeless. That's $40,000 per homeless person. Lots of money for someone.

[@terryf3282]

Yeh a lot of people working for organisations that are meant to help homeless get massive salaries. Look at New York pretty sure relatives of Cuomo ran some homeless organisations they got very rich.

[@curiousone6435]

Corporate landlords who profit off the corrupt voucher system and the mental health complex, with its pharmaceutical drugs - those who are supposedly helping are participating in a huge grift. Just left DC after 10 years. Couldn’t take it anymore even if I miss some unique things about it.

[@taras4352]

Wow!

[@Dremac5]

All goes to the top, salaries of the workers make 6 figures, gotta improve economics.

[@AnemicItalian]

Goes to admin positions not people.

[@livetorek4723]

Anyone miss Trump yet?

[@snarfsnarfff]

Look how much this video is being suppressed. That speaks volumes. The channel has 4 million + subs and the video has under 20k views.

[@Happycamper10]

If people started sleeping in tents in the White House lawn maybe then Briben would do something. Majority of people are one emergency from homelessness in this country.

[@liamp.8826]

They destroy everything they touch!!

[@8thisiscinema]

the south of the country, governed by the reds, sent a hug

[@SouthCarolina1811]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@vicm6561]

Democrats compassion who needs it when this is what they do with it

[@hswing11]

No the mindless bonehead progressive liberals do.

[@johnmc3862]

Republicans should be banned.

[@KeithCindyPanama]

One comic said: It’s better to leave DC in a U-Haul then by hearse

[@vincentmillot8302]

This is exactly what the progressives want. Total massive break down

[@parengthonycastillo4272]

US making an example of Go Woke Go broke, literally to a new higher level.

[@tonymintz8537]

I would love to see an insight on Seattle or Portland by the Telegraph. I used to live an hour south of Seattle, and crime was so bad there that it had spilled over into the different counties.

[@kayyjohnson8325]

Seattle lol? This is Washington DC not Washington the state. Washington DC isn’t a state and is near Maryland And VA. Washington state and Seattle is near Cali and is on the other side of the US. Washington DC and Washington state is 2 different places lol

[@1313coffeeguy]

Union Train Station is packed like this at any given time visitors nationally use the restrooms while the homeless go in there to wash up and have to contend with yelling and screaming.

[@daryllect6659]

Xylazine and Fentanyl l is killing the homeless. What can I do to get more of it onto the street?

[@htedumbprogrammer8658]

Blown away that a legacy outlet would speak the truth. It must be because your new to modern "journalism". Good luck my friend. Stay true to yourself.

[@billyevans4929]

Stupid wokism fault, stop coddling criminals, stop feeling sorry for them, they deserve what they get for CHOOSING to cause unnecessary suffering.

[@umoabasute9424]

Advice of the Day: Stop 🛑 the Violence. Stop 🛑 treating the criminals like they’re the victims. America 🇺🇸 we just all need to live in peace because at the end of the Day we’re trying to provide for our families and have a successful and productive life why would anyone want to disrupt that?

[@enkhyy]

Give us your tired, your poor and hungry ..... they can sleep on the front lawn.

[@grassfireu]

Policy vs. poetry. Learn about it and stop unicorning absolutely everything in life.

[@TruthSpeaks270]

Does anyone have stats on the stimulus checks and crime rate going up connection? If there is one

[@jayandree4361]

Yeah and the red states are booming with jobs n no drugs

[@thomasjefferson9310]

one word --> YES

[@zapfanzapfan]

Hooverville has come back...

[@terrierkeeper]

Bidenvilles now.

[@Cactus_hug]

It’s leftist agenda. They use race to make people think it’s a crises while also decriminalizing drugs and crime.

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

Kamala defined: She be a walk-in’ stupidly talkin’ one THOT Hooverville

[@stevefox898]

The city is one big cesspool. It's not even safe in day time.

[@marxtv3547]

A major reason for the increase in crime in Washington DC is that it lacks the ethnic diversity as other cities. One of the reasons for the increase in crime in Washington DC is the large black population. And the number of people addicted to dangerous drugs is increasing day by day. If the government does not control this situation well, a big crisis will develop here.

[@newdirectionconsulting8744]

Dc is very diverse I don't think u lived there recently

[@kayyjohnson8325]

@@newdirectionconsulting8744it’s definitely not diverse. Montgomery county Md and Northern Va is diverse but not Dc

[@hermitthelegend1188]

No this is good they care about other countries that commit human rights

[@carolinevanwinkle3755]

When I worked near dc, it was known as murder capital of the world. Looks like trying to regain that wonderful prize

[@terranceaddison4599]

Let me see....The early 90s?

[@bobbob-sv4mk]

Embarrassing

[@sapper82]

But don't they still vote Democrat?

[@annieseaside]

Always. Our people rarely spend even 15 minutes checking out a Candidate’s actual voting record or “promises” on the platform. Yet, everyone can vote. smh

[@sapper82]

@@annieseaside Democracy is destroying its self.

[@drk_xlvr07]

its getting back to the old dc i lived in dc from 88-2020

[@ABMedia088]

Very nice every scene

[@deer9116]

I remember taking field trips, bus trips to see the cherry blossoms and bask in the aww of the Capital. Shame. On the 1st list of cities to destroy. They succeeded

[@yiehnewtamiru7324]

When was DC “safe“?

[@teo2975]

@@yiehnewtamiru7324 In 2012 when twice as many criminals were locked up in DC, DC had under HALF the murder and violent crime rate it has today.

[@leswhite3846]

​@@yiehnewtamiru7324Pick any date pre 1965

[@KeithCindyPanama]

One party calls the shots and the other party goes along to get along:

[@cCiIcCo]

It doesn't matter what the other party is doing or not. Look at Chicago. The people still vote for the Democrats, no matter what the Republicans do or say...

[@maplecote]

Ty

[@melvinanderson6957]

I see they stayed their a** downtown, he ain’t show him nothing else

[@terranceaddison4599]

Like southeast for instance?

[@SL-sd3sg]

The government could have sorted the homeless problem. There’s always money for other things, same as in the UK.

[@Emperors_Deathangel]

We do have a lot of money in annual budgets for homeless problems. But the question is where these money went to. In some cities, folks even have crowdfunding and they're building mobile mini cabins for homeless people. And guess what, city council used force to destroy them and fined the guys who did it.

[@SL-sd3sg]

@@Emperors_Deathangel it’s very sad that we can’t overcome homelessness.

[@Emperors_Deathangel]

@@SL-sd3sg True. And, we have got a lot more problems. But they don't want to find solution for anything and even they created some more. It's sad to witness everything happening.

[@kens7853]

No, they think Ukraine need the money more ugently. citizens are secondary.

[@TURTLES_FOR_LIFEEE]

Money? Maybe morality would be better...

[@Tangoman82]

We all know why this happened to so many US cities. People are afraid to say it.

[@James.D.Watson]

Blacks

[@darealsean1283]

@@James.D.Watsoni seen plenty white ,and alotta other race crimes….

[@craigp9973]

Zero consequences! Disgusting!

[@therightlife9434]

I have a tent and I'm going there

[@allenlindsey1175]

over dosed 3X in one day... holy fuq

[@Davidsample7761]

Homeless is a euphemism for drug and alcohol abuse.

[@smileygladhands]

Not always.

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

Pretty much…..ALWAYS

[@jacoby1303]

No. Not at all

[@jordanleitson458]

Ok, D.C. the home of government cover-ups and dementors of Azkaban. The city is only decaying like it’s supposed to. Good job informing everybody else.

[@jjohnston1552]

Have the Democrats NOT ruined a U.S. city?

[@curiousone6435]

Have to disagree shelters are much safer. Only relatively but not a good solution long term.

[@guillermoramirez611]

IS NOT A RICH COUNTRY..IS NOT A POWERFUL COUNTRY... I'M A AMERICAN...

[@jodavis650]

Yes..dear god don't vote that man back in

[@cobbetlprogrammer1344]

This was a Good Show! Thanks!

[@drk_xlvr07]

denver was worse than this i left dc in 2020 went to denver for 2 years now i live in the country

[@DDCrp]

Yes

[@StevenHanover]

AuthenTentCity

[@bladezhahir4457]

I lived there for 4 years before Pandemic’s and was nice city

[@leenickshramko1100]

Hang on for China type surveillance and social justice credit based currency system. And the people will embrace it.

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

⬆️ THIS…..and the rest of the “Great Deceit”

[@CITYOFSHOOTERS]

we wouldn't be safe in India either

[@terranceaddison4599]

Shiiit....i'll take my chances in India than DC...

[@teaburg]

LOL 'Marxist city'.

[@iangillon6981]

China Russia.....Are just loving seeing this.

[@masonridgewell8063]

At this point this is exactly what they keep voting for

[@yiehnewtamiru7324]

Crime ain’t up crime was just down for 10 years still ain’t nothing like 20-30 years ago

[@teo2975]

Your post is nonsense. DC violet crime and murder in DC rose 230% in last ten years. 88 murders in 2012 and 205 murders in 2022.

[@leswhite3846]

Why is the mayor wanting to bring in the national guard?

[@jansean2497]

10 Most Dangerous Cities in the US (#1 is the highest cost of crime) St. Louis, Missouri Jackson, Mississippi Detroit, Michigan New Orleans, Louisiana Baltimore, Maryland Memphis, Tennessee Cleveland, Ohio Baton Rouge, Louisiana Kansas City, Missouri Shreveport, Louisiana

[@kamikazestryker]

Well good luck US America.

[@gilbertdultra8899]

Omg, is so hooot now here in Philippines ☀️

[@sislertx]

Feel for u...Texas has always been that way..its deadly .i was in iraq and it was 132 one day..but still it wasnt was bad as texas cause of humidity

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

Take your clothes off….

[@spy_balloon]

FREEDOM👊

[@billd7453]

They Foul Up Everything they touch.

[@terrylarry5149]

Well all I know it’s bipartisan to help them in every way but permanent house them according to our government

[@royharper2003]

creat a ghetto housing project, great idea

[@terrylarry5149]

@@royharper2003 where did I say ghetto?

[@IMSiegfried]

Seems like we could at least offer basic facilities like showers, running water and toilets in urban areas for the homeless to use. And if nobody wants to stay in shelter and would rather take their chances on the streets, well, then it sounds like there's a problem with the shelter system more than there is with the homeless population. It's ludicrous to say that mostly all homeless people have mental health issues or are drug addicts. The facts do not support this claim. Only in the US do people become homeless due to medical bills.

[@BASED-SENSEI]

Very true I've been there and i see why your better off in the street, staff are usually ex addicts or addict whatever and they're sober but still stealing from the clients. I've literally seen in 4 different places staff taking the good food or whatever is donated and give the clients bottom of the barrel, control issues too btw. I would just volunteer and keep my mouth shut and hook up people when I could.

[@xlkarma8446]

Well said

[@Yoo_Wats_Guuci]

Government funded programs is what created the problem. And the homeless will just ruin the public facilities anyways.

[@No_name860]

I bet Trump and his mean tweets are looking pretty good right now to the Americans 😅

[@Lone432345]

Trump didn't do anything about his either.

[@reemsaif3105]

To the world thats classic america. If trump builds a wall. Ill be happy to pay for it. Good luck.

[@teo2975]

@@Lone432345 yes he did. income inequity dropped under Trump. and violent crime fell in all counties except of a handful of Dem run cesspools

[@deshanksharma1482]

Dud we are cool make jock on trump but what whan your life make jock this is because we have no policy on how to handle crime we have NGO for terrorist, criminal, rapist but we have no support for real victim this is super power America

[@jacoby1303]

They get the most obtuse people to explain this city. Smh.

[@SarahLear-sc3qe]

u r so wrong the shelters r not no safer than the streets fights riots rapes stabbings drug deals woman get pimped out threatened harassed attacked I used to be homeless so I am speaking from personal exsperience here

[@SG.N0taill]

Democracy & Freedom 😂😂

[@8thisiscinema]

better than Fascism and Republican Neo-Nazism. 😎😎😎

[@Cactus_hug]

Yea this is what the left thinks is “progress”

[@terranceaddison4599]

Yes..ther people out there that are not taking advantage of it..making bad choices in life...

[@JohnnyD-u7]

Dog eat dog world.✝️🙏🏻

[@mhasisetuobelho2086]

U get what u vote for

[@CITYOFSHOOTERS]

remember its Democrats who made Laws let both of both of these immigrants here, so I agree lets change immigration laws! don't condemn laws that help americas but side with them when they want to let unlimited immigrants come here. use your agency to fix your own country were crime is 5 times higher than dc

[@kickinghorse2405]

LOL!!!

[@beldiman5870]

This situation has nothing to do with left or right wing politics. It is by design, there is no affordable housing anymore and many jobs have been outsourced to other countries

[@grimaffiliations3671]

easy fix for homelessness: Legalize housing

[@royharper2003]

housing is already legal nimrod

[@edex18]

Hahahaha

[@kameraldbahrul3432]

Thats not important Most important is huge military budget even if all US people living in tent!!!!

[@kaibri9287]

Republican war mongers are all about that. They will screw their citizens easily

[@guff9567]

Homelessness is excellence. Greta & Attenborough approve 100%

[@sislertx]

BIDEN AND DEMONRATS TOO

[@SL-sd3sg]

Tiny houses needed

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

Gollum…. The sucubus spawn of Grotesque Greta & Sir David D-Bag

[@annieseaside]

The Homeless, Addicts and Mentally Ill have such a Fabulous Low Carbon Footprint!!! Woot! 🙄

[@orlandogastonchandleraziz9855]

The fact that the out of 700,000 residents of our city the Telegraph interviewed two residents that have lived in the District a total of 7 yrs…… says a lot about it’s standards of journalism. As a resident of the District I feel like this piece is wildly misleading and was full of cherry-picked facts and half- truths.

[@galactxs]

It’s because the whole point was to show dc as just a place where the democrats took over. I mean like I don’t think dc is amazing (I lived here all my life) but they show dc as if like no one cares about the homeless and stuff like that

[@livetorek4723]

That's because democrats don't care about the homeless, they only pretend to care when people are looking so they can virtue signal, democrats are literally the worst people on earth and the blue states degrading proves that.

[@scottcharney1091]

I live there. This report is lurid and ridiculous. This place is fine. What is it with these leading headlines? Nobody likes the news media, and here is why.

[@leswhite3846]

Come on over south east.

[@scottcharney1091]

@@leswhite3846 It's highly concentrated. That's the point.

[@stevenorthenscold6313]

Democratic ploy

[@awilliams4543]

bullshit i was in DC in 1993 and it was worse

[@kaibri9287]

SCRUTINIZE TEXAS

[@FredoDeMerced]

😂😂

[@shahinurrahman3876]

ভালো

[@masaukochitsamba7808]

I lived in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, just outside Washington DC in the late eighties and early nineties and as far as far as I recall there is no difference between then and now. DC was called the murder capital then because more murders took place there than any other city in the US. At the time, Reagan was president and he was succeeded by Bush Senior both republicans. So I don't know what the issue is. May be it's the reporter's first time in DC. DC has always been a crime ridden place since I can remember. It doesn't matter if the Republicans are in charge or not.

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

DC has NEVER BEEN RUN BY REPUBLICANS OR CONSERVATIVES…

[@kg8487]

DC had gotten markedly better in the last decade, but now it’s degrading back in the way that the west coast is

[@wherezthebeef]

POTUS has nothing to do with how any US city is run.. and DC has been run by Democrats for several decades.

[@kg8487]

@@lancasterpenn Such a shame!

[@teo2975]

FACT: DC has emptied its prisons and cried has increased by 230%,. also President edo not control crime, nor do states -- cites and counties decide policing levels and 90%of prosecution policy. Violent crime is down or flat in 2,500 of the 3,000 US counties, but handful of Dem run cesspool cities like DC are seeing huge increases due to defund police and emptying of prison's.

[@yazanalfredo581]

D

[@ChosenOne6666]

Stop being so overdramatic.

[@LovelyTee2323]

GENTRIFICATION is what ruined DC

[@ivanrodriguez268]

nah its the ghetto that ruins it

[@leswhite3846]

Multiculturalism is a failed experiment.

[@skatemetal5062]

Huston Texas and Florida are much worse but nobody talks about the republican crime

[@kayyjohnson8325]

Definitely isn’t. Dc small asf and only 68 square miles and already at 270 homicides. The year isn’t even over with. We have more homicides than Detroit right now and we’re half the size of Detroit. U obviously never been to Dc before and if u did u most likely only been to the tourist parts and white neighborhoods. SE Dc is extremely dangerous and 90% hood. 70% of the crime happens there and SE only has a 100,000 population. NE have some areas that’s dangerous as well. Uptown is mostly gentrified. Then u have upper NW where it’s safe

[@stupendouslife8128]

Don’t worry Washington DC, it is a pandemic across the country, it is a social problem without a solution, it doesn’t matter republican or democrat on power at any level, it is impossible to solve that massive social problem that grew like a monster. It is our ugly truth 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@cCiIcCo]

But the worst cities and states are controlled by the liberal Democrats...Look at Chicago as a city or California, Washington state... No matter where the Democrats are in control the city or state is hell on earth. And the people would still vote for the Democrats. So bizarre.

[@sujatagarg4335]

Support💪💪 President Trump 🌹🌹

[@RecordsLotus_]

Trump is rotting filth and his supporters are reject trash.

[@williamperry01]

Commie

[@eiredes666]

"Support💪💪 President Trump 🌹🌹" OMG that's hilarious!

[@bam7521]

Vote 🗳 ☑️ 4 Sponge 🧽 Bob Square ⬛️ Pants 👖 He can do a way better job than our last 2 idiot Presidents 😂😅😊

[@vicm6561]

FJB this is on democrats !

[@Skval2254]

The money of all those billionaires is dead weight in the bank. It goes nowhere and doesn,t contribute to society.

[@donaldschofield3701]

so what?

[@stefanschleps8758]

Their fear of missing out is why we can't get anything done in DC! History repeats itself, the reign of the oligarchs is almost over. Stay tuned! Semper Paratus!

[@marohan]

When I buy my Lamborghini it goes 0 to 250 down the freeway

[@teo2975]

Billionaires dont keep their money in banks m0r0n. They invest in the economy and create jobs.

[@TheDreadfulCurtain]

USA needs Universal healthcare, rent control, many more social programs, decent mixed occupancy social housing with gardens and well paid union jobs that give people financial stability.not forgetting gun control. How bad has this got to get after more automation this is going to get a lot worse.Universal income is the only way tax the 1%.

[@marohan]

😂😂😂😂😂the rich pay 90% of the taxes. More liberal policies of free stuff is what got us n this predicament

[@wicked-smaht]

Democratic ideas

[@ivanrodriguez268]

wrong rent control? look at California... no

[@Yoo_Wats_Guuci]

Zero critical thinking right here.

[@jonl.95]

Dems my foot. Trump did this

[@boxcarwillie167]

Exactly how, John? Young & stupid is no way to go thru life.

[@marohan]

Dc was always an shole place under democrats. Biden supporters love stupid

[@ivanrodriguez268]

yes it's democrats and their 'smart on crime' bs...

[@cCiIcCo]

Like in Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, Portland, all Trump's fault 🤣🤣🤣

[@wherezthebeef]

These issues predate Trump by about ... 50 years.

[@Typical187-]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@-DC-]

Keep sending billions to Ukraine though what could possibly go wrong lol 🤡

[@Fuckoff1-2-3]

Defend the Democrats!

[@JerryHoward-qr9ef]

Yes